diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index eccb7165a80c..c5aca0bb116a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1374,8 +1374,7 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 			    sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE ||
 			    (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) ||
 			    !timeo ||
-			    signal_pending(current) ||
-			    (flags & MSG_PEEK))
+			    signal_pending(current))
 				break;
 		} else {
 			if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))